SARGSYAN-ERDOGAN MEETING TO CONTINUE IN MOSCOW: GIRAGOSIAN

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April 21 2010
Armenia

Washington meetings gave the last chance to save Armenia-Turkey
process, but the information on the meetings seems will be kept
secret till April 24, Director of the Armenian Center for National and
International Studies Richard Giragosian told journalists on April 21.

According to him, Washington meetings are notable for Turkey’s
significant pressure by the U.S. having Azerbaijan not invited to
the nuclear security summit. "Azerbaijan is resentful at Turkey and
disappointed with the U.S.," he said.

Another crucial thing is that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
leaves for Turkey on May 11. According to him, in this regard it can
be assumed that Sargsyan-Erdogan Washington meeting was the first,
but not the last one that will continue in Moscow in the months ahead.

As for Armenia-Turkey normalization, the expert deems "Armenia
plays chess, whereas Turkey makes a show. Turkey seeks to present the
return of two regions as a compromise, as if it wants not all regions,
but these two only, which obviously cannot be a compromise."

Summing up the anniversary of Armenia-Turkey process, Giragosian
stressed that Armenia gained two strategic victories: firstly,
Azerbaijan-Turkey relations deteriorated sharply, having "One nation,
two states" principle betrayed. The second one is that U.S. and Russia
declared of Armenia-Turkey reconciliation not linked with Karabakh
peace process.